2.7 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
Bottle (5,2%). Golden, small to average and fully diminishing head. Light to moderate malty - lightly grainy and sweetish aroma, light caramel, faint grassy - herbal hoppyness. Light to medium, malty - lightly grainy and sweetish flavor, light caramel and faint grassy hoppyness. Finish is average, malty - lightly grainy and lightly sweetish, light sharp metal, light grassy - herbal hoppyness, light alcohol. Sweetish lager with light hoppyness - really nothing special.
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Flache Flasche: Golden to deep golden, a bit hazy, stable and creamy white head, distinctive herbal-grassy traces in the bitter and fruity nose; moderate bitter-sweet flavour, quite dry and light to medium bodied; dry, tart and prettily lingering herbal-spicy finish, some bisquity malt serves as a counterpart. Hats off! An unexpectedly well crafted Lager from good old England…
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Bottled version, 5.2%. Gold, fluffy and moderately lasting white head and good condition. Pleasant sweet grain and assertive hop resin in the nose, quite sweet in the mouth with a slight tangy fruitiness and a balancing hop bitterness that becomes a little dominant with time, lingering chalky grain notes, some fruitiness and an assertive bitterness in the finish.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
(Draught at Jerusalem Tavern, Farringdon, London, 20 Nov 2012. 5.2%) Golden amber colour with brief, white head. Malty, slightly fruity nose with notes of toast, orange peel and toffee. Malty, fruity taste with toast, orange peel, dark bread and a certain citric bitterness in the finish. Medium body, with a slightly sharp carbonation. A touch of sweetness. A lot better than your average pale lager. Quite nice.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Draught at The Jerusalem Tavern. Clear gold, small but lasting fizzy white head. Grassy and perfumed semi sweet aroma - simple. Taste is pretty generic - sweet and weedy, a bit of alcohol, maybe a touch corny. Average body, sharp carbonation, quick finish. Tick.
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